The Living Dead 2

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“Last Stand” by Kelley Armstrong. © 2010 Kelley Armstrong.

“Danger Word” by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. © 2004 Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. Originally published in Dark Dreams. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Pirates vs. Zombies” by Amelia Beamer. © 2010 Amelia Beamer.

“We Now Pause for Station Identification” by Gary A. Braunbeck. © 2005 Gary Braunbeck. Originally published as a limited edition chapbook by Endeavor Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Steve and Fred” by Max Brooks. © 2010 Max Brooks.

“Living with the Dead” by Molly Brown. © 2007 Molly Brown. Originally published in Celebration: 50 Years of the British Science Fiction Association. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Zombie Gigolo” by S. G. Browne. © 2010 S. G. Browne.

“The Anteroom” by Adam-Troy Castro. © 2010 Adam-Troy Castro.

“The Human Race” by Scott Edelman. © 2009 Scott Edelman. Originally published in Space and Time. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Summer Place” by Bob Fingerman. © 2010 Bob Fingerman.

“The Rapeworm” by Charles Coleman Finlay. © 2008 Charles Coleman Finlay. Originally published in Noctem Aeternus. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Tameshigiri” by Steven Gould. © 2010 Steven Gould.

“Everglades” by Mira Grant. © 2010 Seanan McGuire.

“The Mexican Bus” by Walter Greatshell. © 2010 Walter Greatshell.

“He Said, Laughing” by Simon R. Green. © 2010 Simon R. Green.

“Rural Dead” by Bret Hammond. © 2008 Bret Hammond. Originally published in Tales of the Zombie War. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Therapeutic Intervention” by Rory Harper. © 2008 Rory Harper. Originally published on eatourbrains.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Lost Canyon of the Dead” by Brian Keene. © 2010 Brian Keene.

“Alone, Together” by Robert Kirkman. © 2010 Robert Kirkman.

“The Skull-Faced City” by David Barr Kirtley. © 2010 David Barr Kirtley.

“The Other Side” by Jamie Lackey. © 2010 Jamie Lackey.

“Are You Trying to Tell Me This Is Heaven?” by Sarah Langan. © 2010 Sarah Langan.

“Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco” by Seth Lindberg. © 2001 Seth Lindberg. Originally published in Twilight Showcase. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Wrong Grave” by Kelly Link. © 2007 Kelly Link. Originally published in The Restless Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mouja” by Matt London. © 2010 Matt London.

“Zero Tolerance” by Jonathan Maberry. © 2010 Jonathan Maberry.

“Zombie Season” by Catherine MacLeod. © 2008 Catherine MacLeod. Originally published in Bits of the Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Thought War” by Paul McAuley. © 2008 Paul McAuley. Originally published in Postscripts. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dating in Dead World” by Joe McKi

“Arlene Schabowski of the Undead” by Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon. © 2007 Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon. Originally published in Midnight Premiere. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Who We Used to Be” by David Moody. © 2010 David Moody.

“Thin Them Out” by Kim Paffenroth, R. J. Sevin, and Julia Sevin. © 2008 Kim Paffenroth, R. J. Sevin, and Julia Sevin. Originally published as a limited edition chapbook by Creeping Hemlock Press. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Category Five” by Marc Paoletti. © 2008 Marc Paoletti. Originally published in Sin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Crocodiles” by Steven Popkes. © 2010 Steven Popkes. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Reluctance” by Cherie Priest. © 2010 Cherie Priest.

“Flotsam & Jetsam” by Carrie Ryan. © 2010 Carrie Ryan.

“Where the Heart Was” by David J. Schow. © 1993 David J. Schow. Originally published in Hottest Blood. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Price of a Slice” by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow. © 2010 John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow.

“Zombieville” by Paula R. Stiles © 2009 Paula R. Stiles. Originally published in Something Wicked. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“When the Zombies Win” by Karina Sumner-Smith. © 2010 Karina Sumner-Smith.

“The Days of Flaming Motorcycles” by Cathery

“And the Next, and the Next ” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2010 Genevieve Valentine.

“Good People” by David Wellington. © 2010 David Wellington.

“Obedience” by Bre

John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams is the editor of the anthologies Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Night Shade Books, January 2008), Seeds of Change (Prime Books, Summer 2008), and The Living Dead (Night Shade Books, Fall 2008). He is also the assistant editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

He has written reviews for Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show and is the print news correspondent for SCI FI Wire (the news service of the SCI FI Cha

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The University of Central Florida in December 2000. He currently lives in New Jersey.